Domick R. Racioppi

November 02, 1999|Compiled by JENNIFER PHILLIPS Daily Press

NEWPORT NEWS — Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Domick Ralph Racioppi, 77, died Nov. 1, 1999, at Riverside Regional Medical Center. A native of Yonkers, N.Y., he had been a resident of Newport News for 27 years.

He retired from Noland in Newport News in 1984 as an accountant after 12 years of service. He also retired from the U.S. Army on June 30, 1972, after more than 28 years of service. He was a member of the American Legion and also of the VFW Post 6002 of Denbigh. He was also a member of St. Jerome's Catholic Church.

He is survived by his wife, Genevieve "Ginette" Racioppi; one son, Ralph Raymond Racioppi, and wife, Roberta J., of West Point; mother-in-law, Eglantine Peltier of France; sister, Paulina DeCesar of Fishskill, N.Y.; brother-in-law, Jean F. Peltier, and wife, Mirette, of France; and two grandchildren, Jennifer Anne Racioppi and Catherine Blair Racioppi, both of West Point.

A Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at St. Jerome's Catholic Church by the Rev. Joe Majewski. Burial will be held in Peninsula Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 2, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Umphlett Funeral Home.